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We all know the third preseason game is an indicator of what we should most closely expect for regular season performace. We should be in agreement that our starting offense still sucks. Playing well into the 3rd Q, we were only able to manage a measly 10 points.

Here are my thoughts...

*Aside from a fairly decent performance from Chad, we are mediocre on offense.
*Chad still has little to no pocket presence.
*Chad throws far too many bullet passes and does not put enough velocity on his passes.
*Our OL completely blows in run blocking and is at best mediocre in pass protection.
*Our second round RB daniel Thomas looks to also be mediocre although behind a horrible OL.
*Marshall looks to be improved from the last game by not falling to the ground at first contact.. And the fumble was bad.
*Henne looks like a different QB in terms of how fast he plays.
*I saw our OC quit from a playcalling standpoint when he called consecutive runs on 3rd and 30's. He was happy to punt instead of trying to move the ball.
*Pass defense stinks
*Run defense is OK. *
*Kevin Burnett is so much more of an upgrade over Cbowder. He gets alot of QB pressure.
*Pouncey has no problem snapping the ball and shows signs of meaness.
*Although he looks fairly fast, JT cannot get to the QB and contributes very little.
*Defense still dropping or not taking advantage of wouldbe turnovers.
*Reggie has no problem running up the middle and actually at times shows he is tough to bring down.
*Morlon Moore had a solid game with the big catches
*Odrick showed nothing tonight
*Starks showed nothing tonight
*Davone will be a dolphin for the majority of his career. At least another 6 years.
*In all fairness, the flag on JT to negate the safety was a bad call by the refs. Vets with 10+ years in the league do not make those types of penalties.
*So much for discipline, we get far to many penalties, especially presnap!
*Reason why we lost the game. Aside from our offense being mediocre, IMO if MArshall does not fumble, we won the game. Hope this doesnt happen in the regular season
*Offense needs ALOT of work. Mainly because of the below average OL we have.
*Hope defense steps it up in the regular season and stops giving up long plays.
*After a great showing in week 1, Livas has dropped off.

Thats it I think
 
i actually dont think the thrid game is the "dress rehersal" i think that is made up. I think we are preparing for new england in practice and not showing a whole lot.

this is just another hate henne post. henne 10-13 1 td for a 148 qb rating. sorry. fail.
 
Wow! your analysis wasnt as detailed as this one when we had a positive outcome just last week..! good job!
 
finfan54 said:
i actually dont think the thrid game is the "dress rehersal" i think that is made up. I think we are preparing for new england in practice and not showing a whole lot.

this is just another hate henne post. henne 10-13 1 td for a 148 qb rating. sorry. fail.
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yeah I agree. Henne played great with no help from his line and he still just looked "mediocre"
 
finfan54 said:
i actually dont think the thrid game is the "dress rehersal" i think that is made up. I think we are preparing for new england in practice and not showing a whole lot.

this is just another hate henne post. henne 10-13 1 td for a 148 qb rating. sorry. fail.
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I think so too. After the Bucs took out their starters you could tell the tempo changed. But in regard to Livas, without a big return next week, I think its the PS for him. If we keep 6, I'm sure it'll be Wallace/Moore
 
finfan54 said:
i actually dont think the thrid game is the "dress rehersal" i think that is made up. I think we are preparing for new england in practice and not showing a whole lot.

this is just another hate henne post. henne 10-13 1 td for a 148 qb rating. sorry. fail.
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How is it a hate Henne post. Did you only read the two Henne sentences...Lol
 
Fintastic2124 said:
yeah I agree. Henne played great with no help from his line and he still just looked "mediocre"
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Sorry, one game does not rectify two bad games. He still shows little pocket presnece as seen in his first sack. On the Reggie screen, he threw a bullett to reggie. The pass did not need to be thrown that hard. I was impressed when he called the one audible into shotgun, and then instead of throwing to a wide open Bess in the endzone he ran it for a 3 yard gain and we ended up kicking a FG... That tells me he didnt know the play he was audibling into
 
dolpns13 said:
Sorry, one game does not rectify two bad games. He still shows little pocket presnece as seen in his first sack. On the Reggie screen, he threw a bullett to reggie. The pass did not need to be thrown that hard. I was impressed when he called the one audible into shotgun, and then instead of throwing to a wide open Bess in the endzone he ran it for a 3 yard gain and we ended up kicking a FG... That tells me he didnt know the play he was audibling into
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So 10 out of 13 for 175 yards and a TD is not good?
 
NBP81 said:
So 10 out of 13 for 175 yards and a TD is not good?
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No, its very good.. Ten points in 3 quarters is not good. Those stats coulda been better. The two bad sacks arent seen in that stat. At the very minimum, it coulds been 11 of 14 for 190 and 2 TD's... 2 td's
 
dolpns13 said:
No, its very good.. Ten points in 3 quarters is not good. Those stats coulda been better. The two bad sacks arent seen in that stat
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No but then again our starting LT isnt in the game...
 
We'll be a middle of the pack offense this year. Something like ranked 15-20. Good enough for a chance at the Wild Card.
 
Dolph N.Fan said:
Thank the O-line for all of that.
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Did you see the first sack? He needs better presence

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NBP81 said:
No but then again our starting LT isnt in the game...
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I agree, but from what I remember the sacks didnt come from the left side. The first one definitely didnt come from the left.. Look, im not trying to make this into a hate Henne thread. The whole starting offense in 3 quarters couldnt score more than 10 points. Thats a recipe for a 6-10 season even with a #1 ranked defense.
 
Nice write up, but how can someone throw too many bullet passes but yet not have enough velocity on them??
 
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